Advances in minimally invasive procedures and artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly impacting medical care. Future developments depend on a close interplay between hardware and its integration with big data and AI. We are interested in developing tools that collect large amounts of data and to learn from the data to understand the underlying principles. With close collaborations with medics, the Cyber Valley research group at the University of Stuttgart focuses on the two following aspects:
Research Focuses
Highlights in the media
Dr. Qiu received ERC Starting Grant "VIBEBOT", 1.5 Million euros to research on micro-robots for minimally-invasive medicine. Press release
Dr. Qiu presented the research to German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel and Baden-Württemberg’s Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann: Press release
Dr. Qiu's interviews at "Made in Science" and the Cyber Valley Podcast about AI and Medicine
Organ Phantom: 
Südwest Presse, Stuttgarter Zeitung, Deutschland.de, Innovations Report
Micro-/Nano-robots: Nature Reserach Highlights, Science Videos, BIOPRO Baden Wüttermberg, 3SAT NANO
Medical collaborators
Section for Urotechnology, University Hospital Freiburg
Clinic for Urology, University Hospital Mannheim
Experimental Surgical Endoscopy Group, University Hospital Tübingen
Ophthalmology, University Hospital Tübingen
Third-party fundings
Tian Qiu
Dr.Independent Cyber Valley Group Leader